River Bandits edge Chiefs 3‑2 on Mitchell’s go-ahead hit

PEORIA, Ill. (Interstat) — Blake Mitchell drove in Asbel Gonzalez with a sacrifice fly in the first inning and a tiebreaking single in the eighth, lifting the Quad Cities River Bandits to a 3-2 win over the Peoria Chiefs on Sunday at Dozer Park. Quad Cities scored twice in the first and once in the eighth. Peoria answered with two solo home runs by Yordalin Peña, in the third and fifth innings, tying the game. Both offenses finished with seven hits. Jordan Woods (4-2) earned the win with 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing one hit and striking out five. Blake Wolters started and gave up two earned runs in 4 2/3 innings. Jackson Cleveland pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save. Dylan Driessen (4-4) took the loss, allowing two hits in the eighth. The River Bandits improved to 73-57. The Chiefs dropped to 63-70. Attendance was 2,568, and the game lasted 2:13.